Anna Maria
July 11, 100 block of South Bay Blvd., fight. A Manatee County sheriff’s deputy responded to reports of a fight at the Anna Maria City Pier. A complainant said a man shoved him after a difference of opinion concerning his child. The deputy calmed the situation between the two men and filed an incident report.
The MCSO polices Anna Maria.
Bradenton Beach
July 13, 900 Gulf Drive N., Gulf Drive Cafe. A Bradenton Beach police officer was dispatched to a call of assault. A man said he was assaulted by a staff member after complaining about his food and being asked to leave. The officer noted a cut on the man’s upper lip. Restaurant staff said the man had been belligerent and abusive. Managers at the restaurant said an employee was sent home but they did not provide the employee’s name. The owner told police video footage was not available. The man who alleged assault declined to pursue charges.
July 19, 3000 block Avenue C, found property. A BBPD officer was dispatched to a call concerning a firearm found at a rental residence. The officer contacted the owner of the firearm and advised her property would be stored at the BBPD until she could retrieve it. The item was logged into the evidence room and a report filed.
The BBPD polices Bradenton Beach.
Cortez
July 11, 12000 block of 45th Avenue, fraud. An MCSO deputy took a complaint about a possible fraud involving the use of personal information on Facebook. The complainant said an individual altered his Facebook account and he was receiving money for items being listed for sale on his account by another party. The officer filed a report but informed the man to pursue the issue with Facebook’s customer service.
The MCSO polices Cortez.
Holmes Beach
July 2, Hurricane Hanks, 5348 Gulf Drive, Baker Act. A Holmes Beach police officer responded to reports of an unconscious man outside the bar. The officer found the man, who was intoxicated and getting treatment from Manatee County Emergency Medical Services. The man did not want to be taken to a hospital and began to run away. So the officer chased him. The man claimed he wanted to commit suicide and the officer placed him in protective custody under the Baker Act. He was transported to the HCA Florida Blake Hospital in Bradenton.
July 8, 200 block of Peacock Lane, civil issue. Three officers responded to reports of a child who was mentally ill and violent. One officer spoke to the complainant, a woman who said her ex-husband was refusing to let her take custody of their child despite a court-ordered custody agreement. She said her ex said their child was having an episode of psychosis but had not taken the juvenile to a hospital for treatment. The other officers spoke to the father, who refused to allow police or a paramedic to verify his child’s welfare or allow the mother to take custody. The court order allowed the parent with current custody of the child to make medical decisions for her in cases of medical emergencies. So the officers provided the mother with a business card and case number. An officer also filed a report with the Florida Department of Children & Family Services regarding the mother’s allegations about the father withholding medical care from their child and his refusal to allow police to verify the juvenile’s welfare.
July 10, Manatee Public Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, petit theft. A man entered the Holmes Beach Police Department to report his phone had been stolen while he was sleeping on a bench at the beach. He added that his accounts had been charged $455 since his phone went missing, so he froze the accounts and disputed the charges. The man wanted to press charges and named a potential suspect. An officer provided a victim’s rights pamphlet and a case card to the man.
July 11, 100 block of 28th Street, camping/arrest warrant. An officer was patrolling the beach and found a man sleeping on a bench at the 28th Street beach access. The officer woke the man, who provided identification. The officer found there was an active warrant out of Sarasota County for the man’s arrest and he was arrested and transported to the Manatee County jail.
July 12, Driftwood Motel, 5108 Gulf Drive, petit theft. A man called the HBPD to report that an iPad that had gone missing from his motel room was pinging in Palmetto. The man said his family realized the device was missing after they left the motel. They called the motel but staff were unable to find the iPad after searching the room. The man provided a description of the iPad. An officer provided a case number to the man.
July 15, Kingfish Boat Ramp, 752 Manatee Ave., disturbance. An officer responded to reports of a fight and spoke to the complainant. She told police that her family had left the boat ramp but had forgotten a cooler. She said she returned to the boat ramp and found two men and a woman around the cooler and eating sandwiches that had been inside it. She said she approached them and one of them threw a sandwich at her before they loaded the cooler into a truck and drove off with it. A cooler matching her description was found in her vehicle. Another officer found suspects matching the complainant’s description, who said they assumed the cooler was left as trash and began eating the items inside. They said they left the area but did not take the cooler. The complainant did not want to press charges and declined to complete a statement with police.
July 15, HBPD, 5801 Marina Drive, extortion of a minor. The HBPD received a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and called the complainant, who said a social media user was blackmailing his son by threatening to release a video the child had sent them. The son sent the user $110 but they requested more money and continued to threaten him about releasing the video. The complainant said the extortion began when they were on vacation in Holmes Beach but they were back home in North Carolina. The case was updated and sent back to the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force to be reassigned to a law enforcement agency in North Carolina.
July 16, Waterline Hotel, 5325 Marina Drive, assisting EMS. An officer responded to requests for EMS assistance with a girl suffering from medical issues. Medical personnel were on scene as the officer arrived and advised that she was intoxicated and vomiting. The girl had been drinking with friends on the beach before going to the hotel’s pool area. The girl’s mother was contacted and authorized her daughter’s transport to a hospital. She was taken to the HCA Florida Blake Hospital in Bradenton. The girl’s juvenile friends were taken to the HBPD and released to their parents. They were all issued trespass warnings for using the hotel’s pool area without being registered guests.
HBPD polices Holmes Beach.
Streetlife is based on reports and narratives from the BBPD, HBPD and MCSO.